(单词翻译:单击)
Passage Two
短文二
More and more people are taking up extreme sports like snowboarding, skateboarding, mountain biking, and many more. Why are these sports becoming so popular?
越来越多的人开始参与极限运动，如滑雪板运动、滑板运动、山地自行车等。为什么这些运动变得如此受欢迎？
One thing that extreme sports do better than perhaps anything else is to help you stop being afraid.
极限运动可能优于其他任何运动的一点就是帮助你消除恐惧。
It may sound strange to say that their main function is to induce fear, but after a time, your fear response to other things in life will be dramatically reduced.
说它们的主要功能是减少恐惧，听起来可能有些奇怪。但一段时间后，你对生活中其他事物的恐惧反应就会大大降低。
After all, if you can jump out of a plane or off a bridge, then you can face anything else easily. When doing extreme sports, you have to become more focused.
毕竟，如果你能从飞机或桥上跳下，那么你就能轻松面对其他任何事情。在进行极限运动时，你必须变得更加专注。
You'll be pushed to your limits. And if you aren't focused, you'll make dangerous mistakes.
你会被推到极限，如果你不集中注意力，你就会犯下危险的错误。
Learning to be this focused when enjoying extreme sports will help you to be focused at work, keeping you more productive and ultimately more successful.
在享受极限运动的过程中学会专注，将有助于你在工作中保持专注，使你更加高效，最终取得更大的成功。
It's great to stay fit and healthy, but standard exercise routines and sports only work the same muscles repeatedly.
保持身体健康固然很好，但常规的锻炼方式和体育运动只是反复锻炼同一块肌肉。
With extreme sports, you'll be working entirely different muscles, and that means you get an all-over workout.
在极限运动中你会锻炼到完全不同的肌肉，这意味着你将得到全面的锻炼。
Extreme sports also burn a lot more calories than other sports. Skateboarding, for example, can burn as many as 500 calories per hour. Basketball burns around 300 in the same time.
极限运动也比其他运动消耗更多的卡路里。例如，滑板每小时可消耗多达500卡路里的热量。而篮球运动在相同时间内可消耗约300卡路里。
When you find that you can overcome the physical or mental challenges involved in extreme sports, you'll feel superhuman and your self-confidence will be at an all-time high.
当你发现自己可以克服极限运动中的身体或心理挑战时，你会感到自己是个超人，自信心也会达到前所未有的高度。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
问题19至21基于你刚刚听到的文章。
Question 19. What may sound strange to say about extreme sports?
问题19. 关于极限运动，什么说法听起来可能很奇怪？
Question 20. Why should one be highly focused when doing extreme sports?
问题20. 为什么在进行极限运动时应该高度集中注意力？
Question 21. How can extreme sports benefit us more than standard exercise routines and sports?
问题21. 极限运动如何比标准的日常锻炼和运动给我们带来更多好处？
